Lies Word Help Told Me

[Sam Elowitch]

Word Help (2004 for Mac) declares that when the Use Wildcards checkbox is
checked the Find dialog, the you can't use ^p to denote a carriage return
and must instead use ^13 (the equivalent code). But it doesn't work when I
try it. What am I doing wrong?

-Sam

 

[matt neuburg]

Word Help (2004 for Mac) declares that when the Use Wildcards checkbox is
checked the Find dialog, the you can't use ^p to denote a carriage return
and must instead use ^13 (the equivalent code). But it doesn't work when I
try it. What am I doing wrong?

To find a carriage return with "use wildcards" checked, type
backslash-n.

m.

 

[Sam Elowitch]

To find a carriage return with "use wildcards" checked, type
backslash-n.

Great, that works. How about "start of paragraph" or "any alphanumeric
string of any length"?

-Sam

 

[Sam Elowitch]

Great, that works. How about "start of paragraph" or "any alphanumeric
string of any length"?

-Sam

Never mind. I found it. It worked great! Geez, I sure wish Word had better
documentation. I also wish it were possible to:

a) save your search/replace routines
b) keep the Help and search/replace windows open at the same time

Oh, well! I'll request those features....

-Sam

 

[matt neuburg]

I also wish it were possible to:

a) save your search/replace routines

You can. Before you do the search, start recording a macro. Do the
search. Stop recording the macro. Done!

b) keep the Help and search/replace windows open at the same time

You can. m.

 

[Sam Elowitch]

You can. Before you do the search, start recording a macro. Do the
search. Stop recording the macro. Done!

Very clever. Thanks!

You can. m.

I can't.

-Sam

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Yes, you can. Type command-F to open the Find and Replace button. Now
click in the main document (so that the focus is there, and not in the
Find and Replace dialog). Now choose Help > Word Help. Done! Now three
windows are open: the document, the Find and Replace dialog, and the
Help window. m.

I can too. You probably need to do some manual adjusting of the F&R and the
Help windows to see them both at the same time.